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Scott Bessent speaks at the National Conservative Conference in Washington D.C., Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Dominic Gwinn/Getty Images)

Layoffs reach two-decade high: report

Garrett Owen

October was the worst month for layoffs in 22 years

Maureen Maples with friends at Burning Man 2025. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The San Francisco Chronicle / Photos Courtesy of Maureen Maples)

"It could have killed us"

Nicole Karlis

After a woman broke her collarbone this year, attendees are calling for stronger safety measures

Martha Stewart attends an Evening with Martha Stewart during the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival on October 14, 2025 (Jeff Schear/Getty Images for NYCWFF)

Martha Stewart, Gen Z icon

Andi Zeisler

In a new era of "Entertaining," what Gen X saw as Martha Stewart trash, Gen Z is reclaiming as treasure

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 05: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford hold a press conference at the U.S. Department of Transportation Headquarters on November 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Secretary Duffy and FAA Administrator Bedford spoke of the need to cut thousands of flights due to lack of FAA staffing at airports because of the ongoing government shutdown. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

FAA cuts flights amid shutdown chaos

Blaise Malley

The FAA will scale back flights nationwide starting Friday

Cup of coffee and a tablespoon of instant coffee (Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images)

The 5 best instant coffees

Joy Saha

Instant coffee has earned a bad rep within the coffee community, but a few brands are surprisingly quite tasty

Airplane landing at Newark Airport, New Jersey, USA. (stockcam/gettyimages)

Don't eat at this airport

Joy Saha

Be sure to enjoy a hearty meal beforehand if you're planning on flying out of this travel hub, a study warns

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, speaks to reporters after a campaign event in support of Proposition 50 in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025.

Pelosi retiring after 39 years in House

Garrett Owen

Pelosi said she will serve her last year "with a grateful heart"

Kim Kardashian as Allura Grant and Naomi Watts as Liberty Ronson in "All's Fair" (Disney/Ser Baffo)

The problem with Kim Kardashian

Melanie McFarland

Ryan Murphy's latest muse can't act, but her high influence in our misinformation age is what's truly depressing

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Trump's war on comedy — and free speech

Dean Obeidallah

Facing Trump’s attacks, Arab American comedians navigate fear, backlash and pressure to stay silent

Photo: Ryan Nichols

The Guardsman taking on Trump

Russell Payne

Dylan Blaha, an Illinois congressional candidate, says “I was just following orders” is no excuse

Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Nov. 4, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani's message has broad appeal

Chauncey DeVega

His landslide win shows how economic populism defeats MAGA plutocracy

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference on Universal Child Care at Columbus Park Playground on November 19, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani child care plan could change US

Simon Black - The Conversation

The mayor-elect's plan to provide child care to NYC parents could be a model for a nationwide system

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visits "The Story With Martha MacCallum" at Fox News Channel Studios on October 15, 2025 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Mamdani to ICE: Follow the law

Alex Galbraith

The mayor-elect of New York City campaigned against ongoing ICE actions in the city

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts before the State of the Union on Feb. 4, 2020. (Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images)

Supreme Court shaky on Trump's tariffs

Garrett Owen

The court will decide whether or not to invalidate the steep duties of Trump's trade war

New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks at his election night victory party on Nov. 4, 2025. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

GOP turns on itself after big Dem wave

Sophia Tesfaye

MAGA can't win without "big daddy" Trump on the ballot

Jake Clemons (Daniel Perez Garcia-Santos/WireImage/Getty Images)

Jake Clemons is a Beatles convert

Nicole Michael

Clemons joins "Everything Fab Four," sharing how his uncle Clarence changed his tune and helped shape his style

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 04: New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates as he takes the stage at his election night watch party at the Brooklyn Paramount on November 4, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Mamdani defeated Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa in the closely watched election for New York City mayor. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

MAGA panics over Mamdani victory

Blaise Malley

Trump allies and right-wing pundits unleashed Islamophobic and anti-immigrant attacks after Mamdani's victory

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 5: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to Senate Republicans at a breakfast in the State Dining Room of the White House on November 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is speaking with Republican senators as the U.S. government shutdown has reached day 36. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump says shutdown hurt GOP elections

Garrett Owen

The president and other Republicans described the results as "negative" for the party

"Little Amélie or the Character of Rain" (GKIDS)

The films preparing kids for the worst

Coleman Spilde

Two new animated films, "Arco" and "Little Amélie," teach kids how to relish joy in a dark and scary world

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is interviewed by executive producer Chris Whipple for 'The Presidents' Gatekeepers' project about White House Chiefs of Staff. (David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

Dick Cheney paved the way for Trump

Heather Digby Parton

Cheney’s advocacy for expanded presidential powers helped create a would-be autocrat

President Donald Trump holds up a model of his proposed triumph arch at the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's monument fit for an emperor

Benjamin Jasnow

Triumphal arches have historically been symbols of autocracy. Trump's will be no different

Trump doesn’t grasp his own drug war

Troy Farah

The president's war on fentanyl is just another way to expand state power and inflame fear

Prager U founder Dennis Prager, nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host and writer, speaking at the Turning Point High School Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"Woke-proofing" comes for schools

Emery Petchauer - The Conversation

Oklahoma’s short-lived PragerU teacher assessment was one of former Superintendent Ryan Walters' final projects

(Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Mamdani topples Empire State machine

Russell Payne

The biggest turnout in a mayoral election in 30 years was a victory for Democrats

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